Sama

As a student of linguistics and the Sinama language, I take a keen interest in the Sama populations throughout Southeast Asia. Many of my Sama contacts here in the Philippines had repeatedly told me that there are high populations of Sama in Sabah. Whereas these Sama friends of mine would never want to be called […]

I along with many in the Philippine linguistic community am encouraged by DepEd and the Philippine government’s initiatives to promote education in students’ mother tongues. Though the Sinama language is not included in the list of major languages for which MLE is being mandated, efforts are being made to develop curriculum in Sinama as well. […]